Originally Posted by
JetJock16
You're showing your narrow-minded youth.
Remember that in the end it's all dumb luck, if you don't believe me just ask any TWA, Braniff, Eastern, Western, Pan Am, US Airways, AA, UAL, NWA, UPS, FedEx, SWA or any other pilot who's been around the block! He took a chance and lost, respect his courage and that of everyone else who searches for a better life!
As I said, he thought he was getting in on the ground floor and ASA was in the middle of heated negotiations. On paper it looked like a no brainier, just goes to show you the grass isn't always greener.
Narrow minded youth? Did you just make that assumption based on 1 sentence? Because I work for Republic, I must be a young, inexperienced, idiot? WOW.
I have 5 type ratings, I've flown 135, 121, cargo, freight, charter, etc. In both seats. I've been in an ALPA MEC and ran a succesful union drive. I've also been in airline management.
So, my "narrow-minded youth" opinion is that your friend did not do his homework before latching himself to a fleet at the end of it's growth cycle, where the most senior F/O has a late-2006 hire date. Not to mention a fleet who's death date was known before it ever came online.
If he wanted Denver, he should have only come for the RW certificate. With a little research he could have found out that there will be no F/O movement aside from light attrition and upgrades. The most senior F/O's on the CRJ have just been awarded captain positions, and those won't be effective until late spring/early summer.
Something tells me he came from Mesa flying the CRJ and wanted the 2500 bucks and didn't do any research outside of that. Who's fault is that?
He'll probably see an upgrade in two to three years and things will get better. You say he was hired in May, how long has he been on the line? 4 months? Tops? Did he think he was going to walkout of training with 16 days off and a commutable schedule?
That's one person's opinion who has been around the block.